Open Space

Open space may refer to:

In urban planning and conservation ethics
  • Landscape, areas of land without human-built structures
  • Open space reserve, areas of protected or conserved land on which development is indefinitely set aside
  • Urban open space, urban areas of protected or conserved land on which development is indefinitely set aside
  • Greenway (landscape), a linear chain of open space reserves or a recreational corridor through the same
  • Public space, areas left open for the use of the public, such as a piazza, plaza, park, and courtyard
In business terminology
  • A procedure for conducting a business conference:
    • Open Space Technology
    • Open-space meeting
Other uses
  • Open Space (band), an indie rock band from Minsk, Belarus
  • Open Space (BBC TV) BBC TV programme produced by their Community Programme Unit
  • Open Space Theatre, a defunct London theatre run by Charles Marowitz
  • Open Space (publications), a music publishing collective

Famous quotes containing the words open and/or space:

    “A breeze discovered my open book
    And began to flutter the leaves to look
    For a poem there used to be on Spring.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “I take SPACE to be the central fact to man born in America.... I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy.”
    —Charles Olson (1910–1970)